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EconomyDemolition PatrolSubmitted by lmcshane on Sat, 09/29/2007 - 09:02.
I've enlisted the kids in the neighborhood to let me know of the most recent demolitions. West 34th St. is the most recent victim of these random hits (Address 3872, south off Denison). Creating these gaping holes is not how to save the city. If there was some actual vision or plan to make use of these demolished properties, then I could see the rationale. To the people living with the bulldozers--it's as if someone has dropped a bomb on their street. (I will have to buy a digital camera to record the devastation a la Jeff Buster).
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PUBLISH (& DISCUSS) OR PERISH – THE ISRAEL LOBBYSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 09/27/2007 - 10:12.
After the presentation by authors John Mearsheimer (left) and Stephen Walt (right) of the The Israel Lobby at Case’s Ford Auditorium last night, I approached Alice Bach, the tenured Case prof (on the stage between the authors) and complimented her on her perspicacity shown in arranging Mr. Mearsheimer's and Mr. Walt's visit to Cleveland.
PUBLIC URINATION – WHY CLEVELAND IS FAILINGSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Tue, 09/25/2007 - 14:25.
Let’s say it’s 2:30 in the morning in August in Downtown Cleveland, you are a homeless guy in your fifties named Mr. Baskin, and you are in the grassy walkway area (pictured in daytime above) behind the County Administration Building. And you’ve got to go.
CLEVELAND'S GROWTH INDUSTRY - HOME REMOVALSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 09/22/2007 - 13:30.
Tim Ferris wrote recently that his home on the West Side had appreciated about 2% per year over the 25 years he's been in it.
BREAKING BREUER (NEWS)Submitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 21:01.
Brutalism against Breuer in Cleveland, Ohio.
WiFi Comes to RoxburySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 20:07.
We're close enough to our move in to 1894 Roxbury, in East Cleveland, that we have had our DSL service switched over from Ohio City to East Cleveland. Whereas on Clinton, at W. 45th Street, there were several WiFi signals in the air, my new POP on Roxbury is the only signal in the digital darkness of this corner of East Cleveland.
PRAISE OUR SUNSHINESubmitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 09:20.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION BLOG ON IT BIG TIMESubmitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 21:38.
NEW CLEVELAND CENTERFOLD - BREUER NOT TERMINALSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 09:07.
Cool Cleveland this week ran a piece by Chris Whipple about re-naming Cleveland’s Terminal Tower. Mr. Whipple suggests that “terminal” (as in "terminally ill", dead, or dead end) is too much a downer name and that instead the building should be called VanView after the Van Sweringen brothers who built the tower and Shaker Heights, etc.
URBAN TURBINES - WHY NOT RIDE THE WIND NOW?Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 09/17/2007 - 10:00.
JOINT POST BY MILLER (TEXT) AND BUSTER (PHOTO)
CIVIC SPACE IS EQUITY BASEDSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 09/16/2007 - 11:33.
I have been attending and photographing events at each end of the NEO citizen spectrum. What I mean is that I have attended Cuyahoga County Commissioner's meetings - which I would propose is one of many events at the top of what I'll define as the "civic pyramid", and I’ve gone to classes with individual citizens at the Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center (the raccoon rabies bait story is centered around the Nature Center woods) -which I propose to define as one of many citizen events at the base, the foundation, of the "civic pyramid". Another example of an event at the top of the "civic pyramid" would be the Cuyahoga County Wind Energy Task Force meeting which was held at the Key Center September 13 and which I will post about shortly. And another example of an event at the foundation of the pyramid is instructor Donald Isom’s (on left in "Rehab is for Quiters" shirt) weekly Krump at the Heights Youth Club pictured above.
Council needs to clean-up actSubmitted by lmcshane on Thu, 09/13/2007 - 09:15.
Press release posted at the request of Council representative Brian Cummins: Council needs to clean-up act, move to
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CuyCounty WIND Energy Task Force meets Thurs, 9/13/07 at NoonSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Tue, 09/11/2007 - 15:18.
09/13/2007 - 12:00 09/13/2007 - 14:00 Etc/GMT-4 The Cuyahoga County Energy Task Force is scheduled to conduct a public meeting on Thursday, September 13, 2007 at the Offices of Thompson Hine LLP on the 39 Floor of the Key Building, Downtown Cleveland. Location
Key Tower, 39th floor
Cleveland Downtown
OH United States
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FALLOUT SHELTERS AND RACCOON RABIES BAITSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 09/10/2007 - 09:46.
A few days ago I saw the fallout shelter sign above still hanging on the outside of an old brick apartment building on Lee near Euclid in Cleveland Heights. Fallout Shelters were a massive US goverment hoax - the signs and the buildings were just placebos for public nervousness.
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BOBBY SEALE - PEN MIGHTIER THAN SWORDSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 09/08/2007 - 20:55.
Heard Bobby tonight at 3C - heard him in the 60's too. We need leadership like his today in Cleveland. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Seale addressed a crowd of several hundred at Cuyahoga Community College Saturday evening. I remember well the Black Panther Party from the 1960’s. Mr. Seale remembers it well too. Mr. Seale's visit was sponsored by the Sara J. Harper Leadership Institute. Retired Hon. J. Harper was at the podium to introduce the evening’s program.
Zoobilee Saturday September 15thSubmitted by lmcshane on Sat, 09/08/2007 - 18:44.
09/15/2007 - 21:00 Etc/GMT-4
I do have to hand it to the Ohio tourism site--Discover Ohio--nice job! Mutiple language options. SMART! ZOOBILEE, also, a great chance to see RED, an orchestra! Location
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HEADED DOWNSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 14:10.
The property next to me has been for sale for over 2 years. And after a similar fruitless wait, the owner of the house two doors up just last week pulled their house back off the market. Nothing is selling in my neighborhood. In Parma – where I took the “rent to own” and “cash at closing” photos the neighborhoods are littered with empty for-sale houses. In Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights a few houses are even being auctioned – very unusual for those suburbs. Then there’s Cleveland and East Cleveland.
BREUER / POST MORTEMSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 10:51.
On Friday August 31, 2007, while Air Show jets stalled out conversations and blasted ear drums, Susan Miller and I visited the “open house” at the Post designed Cleveland Trust Rotunda building which sits on the corner of Euclid and 9th next to the Marcel Breuer designed Cleveland Trust Tower in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Lee Trotter had announced this open house at the County Commissioners meeting the day before and the Dirty Dealer had carried the news a few days prior. I wondered, why is the County doing this?
Standard of SuccessSubmitted by lmcshane on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 08:18.
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CLEV/CUYAHOGA PORT AUTHORITY LETS PUBLIC POUND PLATITUDES PILLOWSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 09/01/2007 - 11:26.
The Cleveland Port Authority wore no clothes on Thursday. The King was completely naked – yet about half (including a rep of “first suburbs”) of the 19 adults who spoke to the 100 plus in attendance raved about the “BOLD PLAN”
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CLEVELAND, DOWN BUT NOT OUT – MAYBE THAT’S BAD…Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 13:36.
I consistently attempt to have a “positive” outlook about North East Ohio and Cleveland. I consider the substance of my posts on Realneo and affirmatively select material which I believe is conducive to improving the region. However, there can be a problem with this self steered Polly Anna editorial policy . Always looking at the bright side might be just perpetuating a lie – maybe always having a positive outlook is actually misleading people and leading others into the false belief that the region is doing ok, that the region is improving. Maybe it would be more helpful if I used my blog to accelerate failure – get to the bottom of it, get it over with and start new…
PORT AUTHORITY DEV PLAN PUB HEARINGSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 13:06.
08/29/2007 - 17:00 08/29/2007 - 18:00 Etc/GMT-4 The Cleveland Port Authority has a new boss and a new plan. Location
Cuyahoga Community College
2415 Woodland Ave Room 229 Unified Technologies Center
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps HIGH TECH TRACKING IN CHINA / BIKE FREIGHTERS IN CLEVELAND?Submitted by Jeff Buster on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 19:32.
Asleep on the job.... photo courtesy Tim Littler Xian, China
PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.COM FAILS TO GARNER 10% OF REG. VOTERS IN 30 DAYSSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 16:57.
MAKING THE BEST OF THE SITUATION:
New Economic Development Director Warren Embraces Regional ApproachSubmitted by Sudhir Kade on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 11:06.
It was somewhat reassuring to note today's PD article on City Economic Development Director Chris Warren's strategy for regional economic development. In broad strokes the plan calls for main facets we have been advocating for years now: more collaborative (synergy building) joint ventures, shared tax systems, smart, green, energy efficient design standards like LEED, and revitalization of abandoned property. Validation is sweet.
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